Sand-box.



N6. 885,110. v PATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

-T. M. UNDERWOOD.

SAND BOX.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3.1907.

THOMAS M. UNDERWOOD, OF MAY, TEXAS.

SAND-BOX.

P Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 3, 1907. Serial No. 386,929.

Patented April 21, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs M. UNDER- WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at May, in the county of Brown and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Sand-Box, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sand guards for vehicle wheel hubs, and has for its principal object to provide a guard of very cheap and sim le construction which may be quickly app ied to buggies and other vehicles already in use, the device being of such nature that it may be made and placed on the market as an article of manufacture and'attached to existing vehicles without the employment of any special mechanical skill.

A further object of the invention is to rovide a guard comprising members attac ed,

to the axle and wheel hub, respectively, and

so arranged as to form a very close tight.

fitting joint that will prevent the entrance of sand or other foreign matter.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accomp anying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form,

proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advanta es of the invention.

In t e accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a sand guard constructed and arranged in accordance with the inner end of which is split, as indicated at 11,

in order that it may be forced onto hubs of different diameiggr. When forced into place the guard or sleeve is secured by screws or similar fastenings 12.

The end of the guard sleeve 10 projects a considerable distance beyond the inner end of the hub, and is flaring or bell shaped, so that any sand or other foreign matter which 7 may be blown thereinto will tend to work out by gravity.

On the axle is secured the second member of the guard, this member comprising a sheet metal disk 15 which is stamped or cut out to forma recess 16 of a width equal to the width ofthe wheel axle m, the-axle of the-vehicle being usually square in cross section. The central tongue formed by the cutting of the recess is .bent outward at a right angle to the face of the disk, and this tongue 17 is arranged to be held vby the axle clip y. The opposite edges of the tongue are provided with recesses 18 which receive the clip, so that the latter will hold the tongue from endwise movement.

The disk 15 may be placed in position on the axle byreason of the open ended recess 16, and the end of the recess is then closed by an arm 19 which is pivoted at one end to the disk, the arm moving down against the top wall or surface of the axle, so that all sides of the axle are engaged and a close joint is formed to prevent the'passage of sand or other foreign matter.

Secured to the inner face of the disk 15 is a washer 20, that preferably is formed of leather, rubber or similar material, the washer being split, and a portion of its length being detached to form a tongue 21 in alinement with the open end of the recess 16, while the body portion of the washer is riveted or otherwise secured to the disk 15. This tongue member may be readily moved outward when the disk is being placed in position on the axle, and then may be turned position by an auxiliary fastening means.

The disk and the washer extend slightly within the mouth of the guard sleeve 10, and the periphery of the washer fits snugly against the inner surface of the guard sleeve, forming a closed dust proof joint that will prevent the passage of sand to the spindle.

The device may be made very cheaply and in various sizes for application tovehicles of all classes.

I claim 1. In a sand guard, a bell mouth sleeve arranged to fit on the inner end of the vehicle wheel and provided with slits to permit adaptation to hubs of different diameter, and

ended recess, and a Washer of flexible mate I flexible material secured to the disk and havrial carried by the disk and having a free end tongue arranged toextend across said recess.

3. In a sand guard, a hub carried sleeve, a disk, the central portion of which is cut away to form an open ended recess, the metal being bent down to form a tongue, the sides of the tongue being recessed to receive an axle clip, a pivoted metallic tongue for closing the 10 open end of the recess, and a slit Washer of ing a free tongue extending across the recess.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my sigimture in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS M. U NDERWW )D.

itnesses C. R. PARKER, Bv H, BETTIS. 

